, 1887-09-15
THE BOON

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IA Wong Fat. tho wall known
Chluns" laundry manager. waz VIM.
ping NJ ina wnrIroh" - E,-inu
'DuTist yos'"rdnv morning rr"ynro.
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nlhcsHt Nuri story suite "a shp Whit
bhssT IIGuss, his rhIo' .rnr.cr anl
button Pnlv"rIl"T Ipp Pun. entered
with thTsg day. growth - hair ru
his intellectual f.rcAcai The luuu
dry had g.v"n uu b." Fun n7 lost fgr
several days. Wong J. at lyGl.ed nn1
Iously ut hls uushavsd aud Wild syrI
HssIstuut
What f. you stay way two day ,'
asked the boss
"Boom- BOOM cIclaiIned th" hug
gard Ironer, tuTaiDg his gIarIng up-
sics ON the manager
Wong Fat d0dgcd bohluI barrel
1t soapsuds md s"Izod II seven pound
hAtiFou.
What are goin TO do?" nskod tho
manager, f""lIug moro confident as h"
bsIanccd tn" .r"E. - h,B claw.
"Boom boom you sahhe boom ~
"Inh mo .ahbe boom aIIo same
Gclacka Fouth . July China Now
Yea FIzz. boom, all No think ypu
go glHzy You allie Same rnud man
IOu come Stockton, OH ?"
mo, no come hlmeda"
What 70 You SO clazy Almeda; no
sylum Almeda."
Mo no go claZy; mo go boom
bOnn,-yOu guhbo bOOInP"
"Ysk me boom you on the head
you come hoai you keep away; you
Babbs9' yelled tho manager swinging
his iron ~ tho wild cyod assistant
advanced toward him.
You lIkeo makos big mnnoy p
ssked tho assistant as no halted out
OF range Of tho iron. "You like mako
heap coin one, two hundred doIla
ali oncO; go China buy wifce?"
"Yoh, mo likeo buy wife yolly
much"
You likeO smoke opium allo duy
let odda man lun waBhhouse. do allie
work, you mRke9 ale money"
"Oh; yoh, me likee that velly
Hauok."
ME fxso you all lite; me makee
1ashhouso boom; mo buy you out"
You; how 30 You get him money
buy uashhouso; mo loanee you four
kittse las week. no pay you since you
Go money, allie same dead blOke."
Tho assistant laughed scOrnfully
and extended from his small clothes
the unstarched section of calico
ahirt on which the ground plan Of d
miniature Chinatown WAS painted in
India ink.
Spreading tho initial work OF art
over tho top of tho barrel of soap suds
he proceeded for Wong Fats odifica-
ton.
'You sable, Chow All Kun wash
house, Oakland"
"Ysh, me sable"
''Me buy him Sunday two hunda
dolla; sell him Monday two hunda
ffty dolls. That him place, lef hand
sorsa map"
Wong Fats eyes grew as wide as
tho barrel.
you sable Chung All Lung wash
house, Berkeley?"
"Ysh, ns sable him; you buy him
toos'
Yeh, me give him hunGg dolla
Mondey-sell out two hunda Tues
day"
leads of perspiration began to
stand out on Wong Fats forehead.
You sable Ting Ah Long wash
house, Temescal?'
"Yehl Buy him?"
'Ysh-fou hunda dolla Tuesday
a0rRing, sell him seeen hunda fifty
d0lls Tuesday evening"
Who buy hims"
Ting Ah Long self; him fiaid boom
get toe big; he get in gain; him give
me thlee hundg fifty dolla let him in
gain"
Wong Fats pigtail stood ont like a
billiard cue
"yeu thinkee you boom mes" he
gasped.
oh yeh; me boom you vslly good.
What you want for washhouse?"
Eight hunda dolla"
"All lite. l give you eight hunda
an take bond"
"What you call him bond-me no
aRbhe bond?"
''Oh, bond him velly fine: heap
Hood, boom you. You sell me wash
house eight hunda dolla, me give you
Stty cents down, twenty dolla six
nonths, hunda dolla two year, bal
snes to your wife when you dead.
Byneby, you hkee get in gain me let
you back for fifteen hunda dolla and
charge you nothing 70 living in your
hszas- You wishes sign bond ne pay
ysu ak bittee down lite away and
boom you"
At this juncture in the career of
the Celestial Jay Gould a young go
sisty man from Telegraph Hill
dropped in with a Deputy Sheriff and
. writ Of replsyin for his other sock,
and pending the decision of the case
By Judge Hornblower the boom in
Chinatown is delayed a hours.